Jan 20, 2023 | Commentary
By Elizabeth Dessie “I have lived everything there is to be lived in this city. Now I need to leave because all that is left for me here is misery and I want a better life for my child.” It is with these words that Tizita, a 21-year-old mother of one from Gojjam in...
Oct 4, 2022 | Commentary, News
By Imrana Buba, Zainab Hassan, Haja Wurie, Elizabeth Dessie and Nicola Banks The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) Annual Conference, brings together geographers and researchers interested in place, space and beyond, from...
Jul 29, 2022 | Commentary, News
Undoing, remaking and reimagining the city “What are you going to do about it?” This was the question located at the heart of the UTA-Do African Cities Workshop, held in Nairobi between 23 and 27 May at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). Drawing on the...
Jul 29, 2022 | Commentary, News
Undoing, remaking and reimagining the city “What are you going to do about it?” This was the question located at the heart of the UTA-Do African Cities Workshop, held in Nairobi between 23 and 27 May at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). Drawing on the...
Jul 29, 2022 | Commentary, News
Undoing, remaking and reimagining the city “What are you going to do about it?” This was the question located at the heart of the UTA-Do African Cities Workshop, held in Nairobi between 23 and 27 May at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). Drawing on the...